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Summary: The Secrets of the Carnies
Review: Get ready to unlock the secrets of the carnies. The three Count orfins started off in a trunk of a car, or should I say their worst nightmare's car. They went off to a carnival, and that was the beginning of their problems. They suddenly decided to become carnies themselves. That is where everything goes wrong. If you would like to know what will happen to the three orfins, please buy this book. Find out if they will survive.
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Summary: A Lemony Snicket Fan's Review (AG)
Review: I am a fifth grader that picked up this book at independent reading. It is part of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. I am sure you either heard of the book or the author. This book is mostly about 3 Baudelaire children who are unfortunately unlucky. They lost their parents in Book 1 (The Bad Beginning) and they kept getting new guardians who either died or abandoned them. Also I warn you not to read this book because it is cruel and strict and will make you bloodthirsty! It contains killing, freaks, traitors, a crazy crowd, and more. If this sounds scary, back off and read another book. Will the Baudelaires finally become lucky after 8 books of bad luck?I would give it 4 stars because the series and this book are no different. This is how it always goes. An evil man called Count Olaf tries to get the Baudelaire orphans. Sometimes he suceeds and sometimes he fails. Then the Baudelaires get free. Sounds boring right? But Lemony Snicket always keeps you guessing who Count Olaf and his assistants are. The Unfortunate Events books sometimes make me guess what is going to happen next. In this book a fortune-teller is working with both Count Olaf & the Baudelaires. I admire these books but they're really depressing! I do not recommend this for people who read books that have a happy ending, happy middle, and happy beginning and ends with a sweet happily ever after ending. This is a book that is very strict. I warn you not to read it. If you want to read it, you better be one of those sad or angry people. Because once you read this book, you are going to go mad, angry, crazy, and you are going to cry like crazy. So be prepared if you are going to read this book or any other book in the Unfortunate Events Series! This book is good for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders, maybe even third graders. I recommend this for people who like unfortunate things. Some other books in the Unfortunate Events Series are The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room,The Wide Window, and the Misreable Mill. The Carnivorous Carnival is really carnivorous! Start your engines for READING!!!
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Summary: The ferocious beast
Review: My opinion of the book is wonderful. I thought the book was great because it is about big, ferocious lions. The big lions looked mean and hungry just ready to go back stage and tear up a clown and eat him. When I saw the faces of the lions it hit me as if the lions were trying to pull me into the book. The book is set in a carnival in the present day. The main characters in the book are Olive, Chumpo, Lulu, Sonny, Klaus and the Wolf Baby. My favorite character is Olive because he is mature and the others aren't mature. He is also my favorite character because he has a girlfriend and I don't. I recommend this book for kids from ages 11-14. I would recommend it to those ages because it is exciting.
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Summary: The Carnivorous Carnival
Review: The Carnivorous Carnival is about 3 orphans, Violet, Klause, and Sunny Baudelaire. Which of whom in their previous book nearly escaped from a burning hospital, into the confins of Count Olafs car. Count Olaf is their enemy whom ;after the Baudelaire's home burned to the ground along with their parents;tried numerous schemes to get the Baudelaire fortune.
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Summary: The Carnivorous Carnival
Review: When the Baudelaires are running from the evil Count Olaf, they can't help to be scared to death. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are hidden in the trunk of Count Olaf's wrecked up car, there are wigs and costumes of all kinds. When the car stops at a circus in the middle of nowhere, the Baudelaires are worried. Peering out of the slightly open trunk, they see not the colors of the circus, but something else. A girl that looks like she was made of rubber is bouncing around out there. None of the Baudelaires can go out there looking like they do. They throw on some costumes and venture into the weirdness of the carnival. Violet and Klaus are two headed freaks and Sunny was Chabo the wolf baby. They go through all kinds of embarrassing freak shows, but the last one is one of the most embarrassing and painful challenge to go through.
Venture through the suspense that the Baudelaires have to experience. Listen to them as they tell their story about this miserable experience.
I thought this book was one of the best books I've ever read. There is so much suspense it's unbelievable!! You should definitely read this adventurous book. -Chrissy Winer
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Summary: A Joy To Read!!
Review: This is undoubtedly one of the best books in the "Series of Unfortunate Events". The plot flows smoothly, picking up directly where the eighth book left off. This volume follows everyone's favorite orphans to the Caligari Carnival, where they go for shelter, and to hide from the murderous Count Olaf. I won't give away any more of the story, since you will undoubtedly want to go and read this book now. The fact that there are nearly 300 pages is not at all an issue, even though the length may intimidate some people. Leavened by bits of humor, this story of misfortune will leave readers desirous of the next book. Although amazon.com says this is a book for ages 9-12, ... I would recommend this tale to anyone.
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Summary: Why low raters are primarily wrong
Review: I'm not going to write about why these books are great, since 100 other reviewers seemed to have made this point perfectly clear--but I am going to tell you why you should pay no attention to the reviewers who bash the book. The people who give this and the rest of the books a low rating do so with the justification that they are "repetitive" and "unoriginal." First off, one who thinks these books are repetitive has very little imagination and patience. They can't see beyond the storyline when judging a book--they can't understand the author's references to himself while narrating, they can't understand why the books were purposefully made to be repetitive, and they can't understand that there is more to the series than "oh no Count Olaf's trying to kill us!" Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) wrote the books in a repetitive manner because it's his version of your typical children's book. But these are hardly typical, and that's what he's tried to get across. Count Olaf is not a normal villain, he is disgusting and horrible in a darkly humorous way. Similarly, anyone who takes the orphan's manner of getting out of situations as lame has a poor sense of humor. Those who greatly dislike the books are not likely to have picked up on clues about the overall mystery of the plot line. I agree, if you take away the underlying mystery that involves VFD and Lemony Snicket himself, the books are amusing but quite dull. In the later books, and in Lemony Snicket's Unauthorized Autobiography, the mystery grows to overwhelming proportions you yearn to solve. Moreover, there's the slight theme concerned with noble causes, and how easily the line that divides one's good intentions and evil deeds can become blurred. It's just my opinion. One may dislike it, but I hope they're for other reasons than the fact they can't see beyond a simple central plot. In any case, they're great books, and I definitely recommend them.
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Summary: Teacher's Favorite Of The Series
Review: WHAT A BOOK!!! As mentioned in my review of the first three novels, I got into the Unfortunate Events series from my students. Then, I went on and read books 4-9 on my own. Out of the entire series, this has to be, IMHO, the best episode. I mean, what an ending!! Can you even believe it? I am now in eager anticipation for the 10th novel, that's due out this fall. If you are new to the series, never having read a Snickett book in your life, do yourself a favor and start at the beginning, the "Bad Beginning" if you will. Then work your way up the wonderful and wildly entertaining ladder of Baudelaire stories. I wish that I could describe the situation of the story here, but I feel that any information would ruin this taught and tense and quite bleak tale. I will say this, if you are a fan of old black & white scary movies, as I am, then you will love the atmosphere of this book. Fans of the series should not miss this book. Perfect for 3rd-5th graders, and for parents looking for something new and exciting to read to their children. I can't wait to share this one with my students!
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Summary: Chillingly And Ferociously Awesome.
Review: This is a very detailed, fun to read, sarcastic book. The author is very witty and can keep you reading that sucker until there is nothing left to read, and then you are sad because there is nothing left to read, and you have to wait for the next book, SO YOU READ IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Slide on mr Snicket!
Review: The series of unfortunate events series is getting more and more suspenseful by the minute... well, page, actually. The sad lives of the Baudelaire orpans continue in the ninth installment of these books that describe the terrible events of these kids after "both" their parents died. Although there have been many plot twists in around the last four books, this one failed to have that much of one, even though it still deserves 4 stars for sheer comedy value. (I know there is nothing terrible about orphans with "no" parents but Mr citrus fruit makes it somehow hilariously funny. eg when he is describing the meaning of a phrase, as he often does. egeg: when describing deja vu he uses the same page twice to demonstrate it.) the orphans have so many things going on such as V.F.D., the *£$£%%$ *&£$ , and if £$% &% %$£&* $%£&*$%$ £$ £$£$* £$£&$. u dont know what im talking about? READ THE BOOK!!! I loved the ninth book almost as much as the others, although every one has the problem of being slightly hard to get into. You have to read them in order though, and the main plot doesn't really come into shape untill the fifth one, even thought the first four are equally good. I also expected the quagmires to be in this one. a little tip- in every book, there is a clue in the last picture as to what is coming in the next book. I hope that ain't a spoiler!!! The Tenth comes out in september- promising to be just as good, it is called the slippery slope- did you notice the pun in the title? i can barely contain myself- a phrase which here means absoulutely cannot wait for lemony snickets next installment in his A series of unfortunate events series.
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